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Sunday, April 26, 2015

April Art Roundup: Baymax, Ninja Turtles, Baby Vader, & More!

Time to share the fruit of my shopping labors from MegaCon 2015's Artists' Alley! And hey, my gain is your gain, since I collected lots of prints for the give-away board!

I don't think I'll be able to fit everything into one post, but let's see how far we get, shall we?

Starting off with a new find for me: Jacob McAlister of You Found Jacob, who does some ridiculously fun pop portraits:

I
kept coming back to stare at that fabulous squinty-eyed Stitch, and finally bought a
small die-cut sticker of him to frame. You can get one at Jacob's Etsy shop for $4, or all his prints are only $14 each. Lots more to see there, too!

Aren't they great? There are a few more - King Kong & Silver Surfer - on his blog, too.

By the time I stopped to chat with Brian on Sunday he'd pretty much sold out of everything, and I don't see any of these in his online store. Lucky for you guys, though, he donated an Enterprise print for the give-away board!

On Sunday John asked Kate Carleton for a last minute commission of Claptrap - and then *I* asked her to throw in Tiny Tina's bunny, too.

In like 20 minutes, BAM! We got this amazingness:

AND I LOVE HIM SO MUCH.

Kate's been experimenting with a new style lately, so she donated this Baymax print for the board:

Isn't he sweet?

I don't see that one on Kate's site yet, but check here for lots more of her prints starting at just $5.

(Btw, I should point out that I NEVER solicit donations from artists. Everyone here volunteered prints on their own - often as a thank-you for a past feature - and then I put 'em on the board to share the love. Just wanted you guys to know that. :))

K, moving on...

John and I went a little crazy at Nick Minor's booth, since he had a special going. I really love these black-and-white's of Booker & Elizabeth:

And I haven't even played The Last of Us, but I *still* wanted this one:

We ended up with 2 prints of this Toothless: one for John, and one for you guys:

Plus this cute Harley & Batgirl, which you can't get from Nick online anymore:

Head over to Nick's Etsy shop for lots more. All of his prints are 11X17, and cost just $10!

For my fellow steampunk fans, Amy Williams' "Clock Ship":

Although I think I like her Angler Zeppelin even better:

Plus I've had Amy's Raygun set hanging in my office for years now:

Her prints range from just $6 to $15, so go see the rest at her online store!

Kristen Pauline sold out of these during the con - that's what I get for not grabbing one when I had the chance! Arg! See more of her work over on Tumblr, and cross your fingers she'll start selling online soon.

John commissioned a baby Vader from our friend Nathan Szerdy (you know him from his adorable Toothless print), and just like with Toothless, Nathan turned our original drawing into a digital print for you guys:

Death Star Rattle ftw.

Watch for Nathan at your local conventions, since he doesn't sell online. (Grrr.) Or be sure to comment below, since I've got one of these babies to give away!

Whew! I think I'm only about halfway through my MegaCon stash, but I've got to end there. (These posts are surprisingly time-consuming to put together!) You'll just get the rest next month. :)

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Now, GIVE-AWAY TIME! As always, comment below for your chance to win your choice of art from that Pinterest Give-Away Board I keep talking about. Lots of new stuff going up over there, too, so take a looksie and find some new favorites!

IMPORTANT: be sure to mention in your comment if you'd like any of these 4 pieces below, since I'm picking 5 winners again this month:

In addition to one "wildcard"
winner, four of you will get one of those, which are the oldest prizes still on the board. (Some of those are original pieces of art, too, not prints!) Just tell me which one(s) you like in your comment.(You'll notice a couple are repeats from last month, since two of my five winners never claimed their prizes. GRRR. So please, guys, remember to check back to see if you've won!)

I'll announce my randomly selected winners here on the blog in a few days, and it will be tacked on to the end of a post - not a separate post on its own. And yep, I gladly ship internationally!Happy commenting!

Aaah, so cute! My hubby and I are at C2E2 this weekend. He's usually not one for the Artist's Alley, but I dragged him over there to see Karen Hallion's table, and then we just kind of started wandering around. He found some really neat Mega Man prints, so those are hopefully going up in our new house! :D

I want alls of it! Love the geeky art, definitely need more in my house. I've had my eye on the three eyed monster for quite some time, and I know my mom would love the Firefly print (but who DOESN'T love Wash?)

I was hoping the Malificent Dragon would be on your give-away board, I guess I'll just have to buy it for myself. I would be happy to take any of these off your hands (in no particular order):-It's a Star Wars-Wall-E-Rocket to the Moon-Date Night-Baby Vader

Toothless or Baymax would just make my year! I have been having such a rough time with health issues this year, and I have some of the happiest moments with my friends connected to those characters. As far as the wild card goes, I really like both the cupcake print and the original one. Here's hoping I can get something to help my lonely dorm room feel a little happier!

I love so many of your new pieces :D I wish I had been able to go to MegaCon this year, but at least I'll be able to try for another day of Dragon*Con. I'd have to say of the four giveaway pieces I'd be torn between the Wash picture and the Cupcake - I love Firefly but I also love Katie Cook!

I love the Death Star Rattle piece! I really wish he would sell his stuff online, I have a friend who is having a baby this summer and I would love to get her one of those! Thanks for sharing all the amazingness, Jen!!

I have a 6 and a half month old baby girl whom I'm already working hard to raise with an appreciation for the geeky things in life... as well as an understanding that her gender doesn't define her interests. She already has a knitted Yoda hat (which is the cutest thing ever) and dinosaur sheets and I think the baby Vader print would be perfect in her room.

I would love your cupcake print or the Jasmine Beckitt-Griffith print. I'm also going on to a couple of the artist's Etsy sites to start scoping for Christmas presents. My 6 yr old daughter loves dinosaurs and my 3 yr old son is a Pirate. I've found a couple prints that would do good for their rooms that Santa can leave for them.

Ha! Baymax with cats! And Dog Trek =) So much great art in this post! I've always loved Katie Cook, and as an ardent baker I'd love "Cake in a Cup" for my kitchen! (Though I'd happily take any piece from your give away board!)

Lovely as always! I'm always a bit saddened by the the fact that the artists alleys on my local cons never seemes to really get going... Or at least have things in my fandoms :/ But I have to say that I really like the whistlin´ Wash poster.

ALL of them are great but if they weren't, you wouldn't have them up here! Haha I LOVE that toothless one but I've been admiring the first one by Jasmine (white fairy?) for AGES now. I was even disappointed when I'd read the last giveaway winner had chosen that one and now it's back! Is it meant to be I wonder? ☺

Wow this was a great Art Roundup! There are so many I am in love with! Maleficent, all the Nick Minor stuff (especially the black and white ones!), and Dog Trek! I also have always thought that the Cake in a Cup would be a great addition to my kitchen!

I'm always so inspired by your artposts, so when we had a lill extra money, we bought 2 signed prints by Brian Froud( who was there and did a lill drawing on them aswell!)and 2 print by stephanie pui-mun law at the elf fantasy fair :)

Amy and Jacob's styles are so cool! Although I gotta say, that little brown monster from the archives is cute, too :) I'm so glad to see Lily's fur has grown back and that things seem to be on the up for you.

Oh Jen, how I love both your blogs! I also suffer from anxiety disorders and a love for certain geeky goodness. I have a 11 month old granddaughter named Aurora,( after Sleeping Beauty, of course) and so would love anything related to that, or any Disney princess off your board! I also love dragons, Tinkerbell and Star Trek. From the pics above, Cake in a Cup is one of the sweetest things ever!